Adhesive attachment for neckties



ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT FOR NECKTIES Filed Aug. 14, 1968 INVE N TOR L 4 Oyd Nuzzqll ATTZRN E Y.

United States Patent 3,500,476 ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT FOR NECKTIES Lloyd Nuttall, 149 Glenview, Canfield, Ohio 44406 Filed Aug. 14, 1968, Ser. No. 752,566 Int. Cl. A41d 25/06 US. Cl. 2-157 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An adhesive attaching means for securing the depending portions of neckties to one another to hold the same with the narrower back portion of the necktie hidden behind the wider front portion thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the invention This invention relates to a necktie and more particularly to a four-in-hand necktie such as conventionally tied in a slip knot with the ends left hanging and more particularly to means for securing the hanging ends to one another so that a neat and attractive appearing tie results.

Description of the prior art The prior art structures of this type have employed buttons and button holes as in Patent 2,736,033 and a variation thereof wherein the buttons and button holes are located on fabric strips applied to the ties as in Patent 1,751,963. Still other variations of the prior art include slid'e fasteners on one portion of the necktie forming a poket in which the other portion of the necktie can be positioned and held, see for example Patent 2,275,682. This invention eliminates such buttons, button holes and slide fasteners and provides an easier quicker and less expensive means of securing the depending portions of a necktie to one another.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A four-in-hand necktie having a detachably secured section of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material attached to the back of the front one of the two depending portions of the necktie when tied so that the two depending po'rtions of the necktie may be held in close proximity to one another with only the front portion being visible.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a four-in-hand necktie with the front depending portion thereof turned sideways and illustrating the adhesive material applied thereto.

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of a section of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material, such as seen in FIGURE 1 of the drawing.

FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of the thin flexible adhesive surfaced material.

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation with parts broken away illustrating the depending portions of a four-in-hand necktie secured to another by the adhesive means.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In its simplest form the invention comprises the combination of a four-in-hand necktie as indicated in FIG- URE 1 of the drawings'wherein the necktie is tied with a slip knot so as to define a neck and collar encircling loop 11 with the ends of the tie depending from the slip knot 10. The front depending portion 12 of the necktie emerges from the slip knot 10 in front of and in covering relation with respect to the back portion 13 of the necktie.

Patented Mar. 17, 1970 In FIGURE 1 of the drawing, the majority of the front depending portion 12 of the necktie has been turned approximately a quarter turn from its normal position so as to illustrate the seam 14 by which the edges of the material from which the necktie is formed are secured to one another and it will be observed that the in turned sides of the material are cut inwardly on an angle as at 15 adjacent the bottom of the tie while the actual frontal or original center portion of the section of material from which the tie is formed is pointed as at 16. This will be recognized as conventional four-in-hand necktie construction.

In the present invention the section of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material 17 is aflixed to the back of the front portion 12 of the necktie adjacent the lower ends of the inturned side portions 15 thereof so as to overlap the seam 14. The section of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material preferably comprises a section of thin flexible plastic film having self-adhering adhesive coatings applied to both sides thereof.

In its preferred embodiment the section of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material 17 is transparent as are the adhesive coatings thereon.

By referring now to FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawings, plan and side views [of the thin flexible adhesive surfaced material may be seen and it will be observed that it is quite thin compared with its width and length.

By referring now to FIGURE 4 of the drawings a portion of a four-in-hand necktie tied with a slip knot 10 may be seen and wherein the front portion 12 has been provided with the thin flexible adhesive surfaced material 17 and the same adhered to the front part of the rear portion .13 of the four-in-hand necktie so as to hold the front portion 12 and rear portion 13 of the necktie in desirably arranged position so that the rear portion 13 is positioned completely behind the front portion 12 and thereby not visible.

It will occur to those skilled in the art that if desired a second section of the thin flexible adhesive surfaced material may be applied to the back of the back portion 13 of the necktie so that this portion may be aflixed to a shirt front of the wearer whereby the entire necktie will be held in unitary, stationary relation to the shirt of the wearer.

Broken lines in FIGURE 4 of the drawings illustrate such an additional use of the thin flexible adhesive surfaced material and the same is indicated by the reference numeral 17A.

It will be observed that the primary location of the section 17 of thin flexible adhesive surfaced material is such that it is not in the way when the necktie is tied and that it will not prevent, but rather enhance the use of a tie clip for securing the necktie to a shirt front as is customary. It will also be observed that when the adhesive material is used in its additional location as hereinbefore referred to the use of a tie clip is unnecessary.

Those skilled in the art will observe that in addition to forming the adhesive surfaced material as hereinbefore described it can comprise a section of fabric with adhesive material on its opposite sides or alternately it can comprise a section of suitable supporting material sewn or otherwise aflixed to the desirable portion of the necktie and having one outer surface thereof coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive.

It will thus be seen that a necktie and means for adhesively attaching the depending portions thereof to one another has been illustrated and described.

Although but one embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1. The combination of a necktie adapted to betied so as to form two depending portions and a section of material having a pressure sensitive adhesive coating on both sides thereof positioned on one of said depending portions for registry with the other of said depending portions so that said depending portions may be held together thereby.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1 and wherein the section of material comprises a thin flexible supporting film and the pressure sensitive material is an adhesive film secured thereto.

3. The combination set forth in claim-1 and wherein the necktie is a four-in-hand necktie.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner 

